2019 - A Clutter Free Life

Rootle

47/52 - this is a particularly embarrassing one. I was getting ready to put my new popcorn advent out when I remembered I had some old ones lurking! Sure enough I found 2 from (wait for it) 2017. That's not the embarrassing bit :eek
One of them still had some foil wrapped chocolates in and I ate them!

short_bird

589: oh dear, found half a pot of yogurt at the back of the fridge but it didn't put up much of a fight :rotfl:
590: gave up on a tv series so deleted it
591: advertising leaflets removed from communal hallway
592-619: inherited records bagged up for charity shop

Tadaaaa! 600 barrier broken!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE.

Thursday has been yet another dry, bright & sunny day & quite cold. Another lazy day for all of us - but I have finished writing all my Christmas cards except one (which needs to enclose a grovelling letter for being a poor friend ) No call from the CS :mad: Window cleaner came & we had a nice chat - gave him a donation to his holiday fund - he & his wife do not celebrate Christmas hence not calling it a Christmas Box . DH & I had hm soup for lunch - very tasty 😋 & DSis finished her chicken nuggets. Dinner was baked Bolognese pasta with melted mozzarella. Freezer emptying is still progressing :rotfl:

4565 - 4569 Three drinks tins, small cardboard box, 0.5” paperwork - Recycled
4570 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Good work on the decluttering Wednesday2000 :T I keep small & medium sized food jars for re-use but I think I might have to have a cull get my numbers up :rotfl:

Not embarrassing at all Rootle (I would have done the same ) Plus you should have added in the chocolates as a separate item decluttered :rotfl:

Yippee short_bird :j A Gold Star ⭐️ for you :T

Happy decluttering & see you tomorrow

MrsSD
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TC77

681 trousers posted (ebayed)
682 paper clutter
683 cardboard boxes and packaging recycled
684 - 689 living area cleared and hoovered day and range of rubbish out
690 - bag of rubbish out
691 - hand cream used up
692 Old food out

bit_by_bit

Thankyou Mrs SD and Wednesday2000. It is a busy month December. I will have eaten out three times this week as well as doing all the other things. Will take care to rest when i can.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE.

Friday has been a dark drizzly day DH & I tried delivering the CS donations again but still nothing open - we never did receive a call back & no reply re the 2 emails sent. Posted all the Christmas cards + our postal votes + all the December birthday cards (with an ‘open on’ date :rotfl:) got some cash from the atm & did a small sm shop for Friday’s dinner. More scarf knitting & clearing down of TV planner for me, DH stayed in his office & DSis stayed in her room.
DH & I had hm soup with the last bag of hm croutons from the freezer for lunch - very tasty 😋 Dinner was fish, chips & peas. Freezer emptying is still progressing :rotfl:

4571 - 4577 Four drinks tins, food can, cardboard packaging, 0.5” paperwork - Recycled
4578 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned

Well Done TC77 :T

You make sure you do take care of yourself bit by bit

Happy decluttering & see you tomorrow

MrsSD
4578/4038

oceanspirit

4 lots of paperwork recycled/shredded
1 candle burned and enjoyed
1 cardboard coaster used as firelighter
1 item into CS bag

ETA only 108 items to go to reach the 1000 mark, however realistically I won't have time over the next 2 weeks to get stuck in. It would be lovely to get there ...

greenbee

oceanspirit wrote: »

4 lots of paperwork recycled/shredded
1 candle burned and enjoyed
1 cardboard coaster used as firelighter
1 item into CS bag

ETA only 108 items to go to reach the 1000 mark, however realistically I won't have time over the next 2 weeks to get stuck in. It would be lovely to get there ...

Maybe you should count the individual pieces of paper?

Happy_Kitties

Forgot to mention

*517 candle sold on the bay of e
Have sorted out a couple more bits for the CS to deliver on Monday

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. SMALL TASKS WILL BE DONE ASAP
2. I WILL LEAVE A ROOM TIDIER THAN WHEN I ENTERED
3. KITCHEN WILL BE LEFT CLEAN & TIDY EVERY NIGHT
4. WHEN DEALING WITH CLUTTER I WILL USE ‘Daisy1571’s idea of ‘WHAT WOULD I DO WITH THIS ITEM IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE’S ?’
5. IF I WAS STARTING FROM SCRATCH, WOULD I BUY THIS?
6. BE LIKE A POSTAGE STAMP - STICK TO ONE THING UNTIL YOU GET THERE.

Saturday was brighter - mainly dry with some drizzle Both the neighbours to whom I gave scarves have passed on thanks from the voluntary organisations. Neighbour G described it as “like watching birds descend to eat bird food scattered on the ground” :rotfl: I gave him the red & purple scarves for the 2 ladies;) More scarf knitting & clearing down of TV planner for me - only have 3 more episodes of TWD & TTD to watch & I will be all caught up :T DH stayed in his office & DSis stayed in her room.
DH & I had a mug of hm soup each with soft rolls. The last teeny portion is the start of my next hm soup - have added various bags/boxes of bits from the freezer together with a couple of peeled & diced sweet potatoes, a sliced onion & seasoned with beef stock cubes & paprika. It has been cooked for 2 hours so far & will be cooked for another couple of hours tomorrow, then zizzed & taste tested. Several lunches for DH & I + the freezer is emptying :T Dinner was Kentucky Chucky :rotfl

4579 - 4582 Two drinks tins, 0.5” paperwork, glass jar & metal lid - Recycled
4583 Bag of kitchen detritus - Binned
4584 - 4585 Scarves 9 & 10 given to neighbour G

Now, now oceanspirit no defeatist talk I love green EE’s suggestion :rotfl: Do you receive lots of Christmas cards? an easy win :rotfl: How about clearing down emails - 5 emails = one item Do you collect jars for pickling? Maybe cull those. I really would like to give you a Gold star

Happy Kitties - Hope you have more luck with your CS than I have had with mine

Happy decluttering & see you tomorrow

MrsSD
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